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Can anyone help identify this plane please?

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Redtothebone

Discussion Starter · Apr 13, 2022 (Edited by Moderator)

Hi. I inherited this plane from my father-in-law, who was no woodworker, but his grandfather was a gentleman hobbyist woodworker (and a church of England cleric). This plane came with a couple of classic wooden planes (Jack and Coffin shaped smoothing planes). It seems to be some sort of transitional plane as the body is cast bronze, but there is no adjustment, no cap iron just a screw-down steel wedge and pin arrangement. The iron is stamped Stanley Rule and Level Co, and is 42.5mm wide (a bit over an inch and 5/8). I haven't managed to find any images of a plane quite like this, nor any trace from a couple of Stanley plane historical sites. Any ideas please?

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JCamp

· #2 · Apr 14, 2022 (Edited by Moderator)

By shape alone it looks like the Stanley Bedrock 602 but doesn't have the front knob on it. Some other will have better information. I know of the few planes I have some have been pieces together with other parts so it's hard to tell if it's all original at this point

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corelz125

· #3 · Apr 14, 2022

It does resemble the bedrocks a little bit but there's no seat for the frog. Also it's a heavy casting way heavier than Stanley's. The iron looks like it might be from a Stanley block plane.

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Loren

· #4 · Apr 14, 2022

No idea but it's really cool.

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Ocelot

· #5 · Apr 14, 2022

I'm guessing it's a shop-made plane with a Stanley iron.

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Notw

· #6 · Apr 14, 2022

Might want to cross post this into the Hand Planes of your Dreams thread and see if you can get some answers there. I would agree with others that it is most likely a Stanley blade in another plane body

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therealSteveN

· #7 · Apr 14, 2022

The sidewall thickness, and overall mass look like someone's version of an infill. I like it. A better iron would make it preform better no doubt. Many people complain Hocks are too thick for Stanley's, I think one would be perfect here.

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